Hey, hey, hey, it’s the last Lost recap until January. I’ve got some mail in the mailbag this time around, so let’s take a dip and dive and see what we can find.
Did you notice that Ethan Rom anagrams to Other Man or More Than?
If he wasn’t on the plane, he is the Other Man on the island -> Alex?
Thank you for doing the reviews. I read them every week.
It’s very possible that this could be Alex, but like I said, I’m just tired of this whole “XX is not my real name, bwahahahahaha” business.
Anyway, yes, I did do some research about the episode at TVtome.com following the airing of the episode, and found out about the whole Ethan Rom anagram business. Just some creative stuff from the writing team, but if they’re going to do the whole Ethan = Alex thing, they need to figure out some crafty way to get it done.
Another awesome recap, as always. Some thoughts as to the suggested “massive heel turn” for Locke: I think you’re right. Recall a couple of episodes back that Locke was out hunting, and had a companion? “This is Ethan. He has some hunting experience.” Those two already have an established relationship as the hunter-gatherers of the group. The fact that Locke appeared in Claire’s dream was probably foreshadowing this. How this connects to the French woman is still a mystery to me, however. Locke’s constant disappearances, plus his rather peculiar influence on Walter (and notice how they didn’t follow up on Walter’s desire to learn to throw knives from Locke?), coupled with the implication that he has seen SOME KIND OF MONSTURRRRRRR, lead me to believe he going to be the lynchpin for the entire show at some point (i.e., everything is going to come back to him and his “walkabout.”)
Also, I think with Sayid back in the camp, his issue with Un-Sawyer has to come to a head. I cannot see Un-Sawyer, vindictive self-serving prick that he is, forgiving Sayid for the little “torture” session. One of them is likely to die in the coming weeks, I think.
One other thing – your excellent recaps made me rethink my position on Desperate Housewives. Now I am as addicted to that show as Lost. Thanks again for your hard work.
A Locke/Ethan tag team would blow my mind, especially when it comes to the effect that it would have on Michael. I’m hoping that, in this episode, Michael brings up the business with Locke about how he was associating with Ethan and wondering if his paranoia about Walt hanging around Locke is justified. But yeah, Locke is the cornerstone of this show right now and it’s all going to come down to him.
As for the Un-Sawyer and Sayid, I don’t think that either of these two will be the first major character to die, but someone’s going to die here eventually, as it’s only a matter of time. My money is still on Jin in a revival of the Jin/Sun/Michael triangle.
On with the recap!
Previously, on Lost: This recap of last week’s episode moves backwards, starting with Charlie continuing his quest to woo Claire, Sayid announcing to the cave people that they’re not alone, Claire freaking out over someone trying to hurt her baby but Dr. Jack is convinced that no one’s there. Despite this, Hurley/Hugo wants to start a census of everyone on the island to figure out who everyone is. This results in something a little less joyous than the Island Open idea, as Hurley figures out looking through the passenger manifest that one person is unaccounted for on the manifest. And that man’s name is not Lance, as Hurley thought. It’s Ethan. Ethan Rom. He has hunting experience, you know. And Claire is scared.
Everything is nuts as people are tending to the wounded Sayid in the cave and Hurley is explaining that the Canadian guy, Ethan, wasn’t on the manifest. Well, so much for the idea that Ethan is from Ontario, California. Hurley hasn’t seen him recently, so Dr. Jack calls out to the rest of the cavers if anyone has seen him, sure enough, here comes Michael who says that Ethan went off on a path to get some wood. Now Dr. Jack is wondering about Charlie, and Locke informs him, rather ominously, that he went after Claire.
AND THEY’RE OFF! Locke and Dr. Jack charge through the jungle, in a rather awesome scene, as Locke stops Dr. Jack and turns off the beaten path, drawing his knife and coming upon Claire’s bag. Locke finds three distinct sets of footprints all over the place, perhaps a struggle…and then Locke finds two sets of drag marks…Claire and Charlie. Together. Locke thinks they’ve been taken away, and Dr. Jack starts screaming out to Claire and Charlie. Locke stops him, however, shhing him. Ominously. There’s nothing that Locke can do anymore that isn’t ominous. Are Claire and Charlie really taken? Or are they just…
LOST.
And now, a word from our sponsors…good opening stuff as usual, with the awesome Locke looking to be getting a ton of screen time in this episode. It should also be mentioned, for those of you who are perhaps downloading the episode of Lost from the various sites (shame on you, illegal downloaders!), that during the commercials, there are a ton of ads for Flight of the Phoenix featuring scenes from the movie as Dennis Quaid and Giovanni Ribisi invite us to find out what the twist in the movie is. Personally, I’d rather watch Lost right now, but maybe I’ll go back to the ads to see if I can figure out what kind of dumb twist this generic action movie has.
In the jungle, the quiet jungle, the Locke and Dr. Jack creep. Locke points out that the tracks are fresh, but Dr. Jack is baffled at how one man can drag two people, one of them pregnant. But Locke says that Jack is asking the wrong question, not how it could be done, but why it could be done. Locke says that it certainly looks like Ethan was the one who did this, but Dr. Jack is still asking How. Locke points out that they can’t account for all of the people on the island, not to mention that some of the people don’t have to necessarily be “our people,” the people involved in the plane crash. After all, Sayid did say there were others. But Dr. Jack tries to soften the blow of that statement by saying that Sayid was injured and that they don’t even know where he went, and all he said was that they were not alone, not quite that there were a bunch of people other than the crash survivors. Locke wants to keep things organized in finding Claire, Charlie, Ethan, and perhaps more, but Dr. Jack demands Locke’s expertise in finding out where they went. So Locke points the Doctor in the right direction. Ominously. A faint beeping is heard…what?
Flashback? It’s an operating table, and have we rounded back to Jack as far as character-centric episodes go? Anyway, the doctor is working over his patient, a woman, and her stats are dropping, and the doctor is acting as fast as he can but the lady turns out to be flatlining and no matter what the Doctor does, he can’t save the woman. He keeps trying as the other doctor in the room tells him to call the time of death…is that Jack’s father? Anyway, Dr. Jack finally gives up and tells the other doctor/Jack’s father? to call it.
At the caves, Kate can’t believe that Locke let Dr. Jack go alone, but Locke assures her that he’ll catch up with him. Kate informs Locke that nobody has seen Ethan, not even the people on the beach. Also, Kate is going with Locke. Locke has no problem with that…as Boone and Shannon arrive. Shannon wants to get her water and get back to the beach, but Boone wants to help with the search party. Shannon tries to get Boone back into reality by talking about choppers and Amber alerts being more effective than a good ol’ search party, but Locke says that following Ethan’s trail will work just fine, and that he has no problem getting help from Boone if he’s up for it. Sure enough, he is, and Shannon’s in typical “Oh my God, my brother is such a dork for wanting to save someone’s life” mode.
Walt is with Vincent and his father as he seems willing to join up with the search party as well, using Vincent as a scent hound to smell something that belonged to Charlie and sniff him out. Might want to stay away from sniffing Charlie’s belongings if any remnants of the Charlie Horse still remain. Anyway, Michael is adamant in not letting Walt go. Michael comes up on Locke, telling him that a lot of people aren’t willing to sit around and wait for the news, but Locke tells him that anyone else joining the search party is going to slow things down. Michael suggests that perhaps he’ll start a search party of his own, but Locke is fine with that idea, since his search party is going north. Michael’s search party is going south. Locke walks off and the rest of the search party follows as Walt looks up at Michael, and a rather angered Michael tells Walt to go back to the caves.
The Doctor is still trekking through the jungle, and then comes to a stop as he seems…Lost? But he comes upon a cracked branch, and then looks up and around to see if he can find more of the trail…
…as we go into another flashback. The dead woman’s face is covered up as Dr. Jack looks at another failed attempt to rescue a life. That’s definitely Jack’s father, as he talks about Dr. Jack barging into his father’s operating room, working on his patient. Dr. Jack tells him that he didn’t have to do this procedure, but Father Jack says that he chose to do that procedure because they called him to do the procedure when the girl landed in the ER. Dr. Jack was right upstairs, but the father insists that he should’ve stayed upstairs and wonders how Dr. Jack even found out. Dr. Jack claims that a nurse came to get him, but he can’t recall the nurse’s name because it’s likely a lie. Point is, Dr. Jack says that Father Jack’s hands were apparently shaking so much that he cut an important artery in the woman’s body. But she had been in a car crash and her insides were a mess, and they called Father Jack, not Dr. Jack. Dr. Jack tells his father flat out that he made a mistake, but Father Jack points out that he shouldn’t be the one being lectured, since if Dr. Jack was upstairs and Father Jack was at a restaurant having lunch, why did they call Father Jack? Dr. Jack realizes something horrible and then asks his father how many drinks he had at lunch. They exchange a stare…
…and Locke snaps him out of the flashback. Turns out that the Doctor was going in a circle. Not much of an effective search pattern, but they would have never found him otherwise. Kate asks if Dr. Jack found anything, but nope, Jack’s search was a failure. Locke tells him to go back to the cave and take care of Sayid’s leg, but Dr. Jack dressed Sayid’s leg and asks Locke if they have a trail to follow or not. Locke then admits defeat since he spent time with Ethan, hunting with him and never sensing anything off. For all Locke knows about hunting, he knows more. Should Locke and the search party catch up with him, he doesn’t want anything to happen to the only trained physician on the island. Well, I wouldn’t go that far. If there are others on the island, who knows what they can find? Locke wants Dr. Jack to go back to the cave and be the doctor and let Locke be the hunter, but Jack is tired of talk and wants to start following the trail. Which means following Locke. Ominously.
Michael is complaining to Hurley about Locke punking him out and telling him to go south, but Hurley explains that everyone on the island is tweaked in their own special little way. Michael doesn’t see why that matters, because he has five other guys ready to go with him to find Charlie and Claire, putting their necks on the line. He doesn’t see why he has to be treated as a second-class citizen just because “Mount Baldy can bag a boar.” Walt confirms what everyone else is thinking watching this, saying that Locke knows a lot more than how to catch a boar. Walt explains that Locke is a hunter, he’s a tracker, and he’s also the only one who brought a knife, so if anyone should be listened to, it should be him. Michael makes it clear that he doesn’t want Walt listening to Locke anymore, though. Michael tells Walt to stay with Hurley, and explains that while he may not be a warrior like Locke…he is going south. Could Michael be going south…right into SOME KIND OF MONSTURRRRRRRRR? Perhaps Michael will be the first one to kick the proverbial bucket on this island. It’d certainly make things a lot more interesting with Walt and Locke. As Michael walks away, Hurley makes a goofy comment about how he’s known as quite a warrior himself back home.
Locke tears off a piece of fabric and ties it around a tree to make it a marker, explaining that they don’t want to get lost. Boone questions if Locke can lead them back to camp, and Locke can…if nothing happens to him. Boone offers to take marker detail, and Locke is fine with that. Dr. Jack and Kate arrive and Jack wants more information, but there’s no new news. Dr. Jack wonders if Locke has lost the trail but Locke ensures him that he’ll pick it up again, all they need to do right now is rest and get their clarity back. Dr. Jack can’t believe that Locke is taking a break since it has to be almost 4:00 and–Locke cuts him off and explains that it is 4:25 and yes, he’s taking a break. Kate wants to have a private talk with Dr. Jack, and then, once they’re off on their own, Kate asks if it would be that much of a problem to give Locke some space. Jack confirms that this would be a problem, and Kate is in disbelief, telling Dr. Jack to stop THAT. Kate then asks what’s going on, and Dr. Jack now feels guilty for not believing Claire’s story about her and her baby being attacked by somebody, even going so far as to give her a sedative. The Doctor seems ready to throw a pity party, but Locke interrupts the proceedings, holding the “L” tape in his hand, the one that Charlie changed in an earlier episode when it seemed clear that no help was arriving, at least not immediately. They all confirm that it belonged to Charlie, as Boone wonders if it just could’ve fallen off his hand as he was being dragged through the jungle. Dr. Jack doesn’t think so, thinking that Charlie is leaving a trail for them, and Locke nods in agreement.
And now, a word from our sponsors…well, color me surprised at Charlie leaving his taped finger rings behind as a trail, but this has been some pretty cool stuff as I’m slowly starting to see the connection between Dr. Jack’s flashbacks and the story at hand. I’ve got a feeling that it can only get better from here, though, and I wonder what will happen when Sayid wakes up out of a seemingly unconscious state.
Back with the main search party, as the Doctor finds another one of Charlie’s taped rings, this one an “A”. Dr. Jack thinks he has the right trail, but Locke has found another. Dr. Jack thinks that Charlie went the way of the taped rings, but Kate brings up the possibility that Charlie might not be the one leaving them, it could be Ethan, trying to lead us down a trap. Making a dummy trail and doubling back on his old footprints. Boone is shocked that now Kate is a tracker, and Boone speaks for the viewing audience by saying that she’s just full of surprises. Dr. Jack brings it all back, saying that since there are definitely two trails, they should split up. There’s two trails, and apparently two trackers now. Dr. Jack and Kate go down Jack’s Trail, and Boone follows Locke down Locke’s Trail.
Here’s the Un-Sawyer, as he’s confused about who got taken by what? Walt explains that Charlie and Claire were supposedly kidnapped by Ethan. Un-Sawyer wonders why they took them…and who the hell Ethan is. Walt says that he wasn’t on the manifest, but the Un-Sawyer asks if the thought ever came up that he lied about his name? Like a certain someone that the Un-Sawyer *is*? Walt dismisses it as stupid to lie about your name. Ahahahahahahaha. The Un-Sawyer calls Walt “Tattoo” (Fantasy Island or Magnum P.I. reference?), and then asks where Walt thinks Ethan went. Walt thinks maybe he was on the island before they were, and the Un-Sawyer thinks that Walt has one hell of an imagination. Walt thinks there could be a lot of other people on the island, but the Un-Sawyer puts things in perspective: “So a tribe of evil natives planted a ringer in the camp to kidnap a pregnant girl and a reject from VH-1 Has-Beens. Yeah, fiendishly clever…and why am I getting the evening news from a 6-year-old?” Walt reminds the Un-Sawyer that he’s ten, and the Un-Sawyer sarcastically says that it must be true. Walt then tells the Un-Sawyer to ask Sayid, since he said that they weren’t alone. The Un-Sawyer has a double take at the mention of Sayid’s name, asking Walt if Sayid’s back. But that’s the end of the evening news with Walt, as he walks away like Dan Rather.
Boone is tying a red ribbon around an old bamboo tree, as he makes reference to the old Star Trek joke about crew members on the Starship Enterprise wearing red shirts and ultimately meeting their doom when they went down with Captain James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock. “Sounds like a pisspoor captain.” Locke is no fan of Star Trek, clearly. Boone laughs and then asks what Mr. Locke does in the real world. However, Boone is quite a bit older than Walt, so Locke allows Boone to call him by his first name, John. Boone has a couple of guesses: Either a taxidermist or a hitman, but Locke scoffs and tells Boone that he was a regional collections supervisor for a box company. They made boxes. Ominously. Boone doesn’t believe it, but we know better.
Dr. Jack is hoofing it hardcore through the jungle, and Kate wants him to slow down, since even though she thinks that they went thattaway, she’s not nearly as good as Locke is when it comes to tracking. Dr. Jack wants to know if the tracking skills were picked up before or after she was on the run. Ouch. Kate is only trying to help, but Jack considers help to be a little honesty, something real, anything. Kate tells Dr. Jack that her father was in the army. They went hiking together often, and one day they spent eight hours tracking deer. That seems pointless. Kate explains that being in the woods was his father’s religion, and Kate then asks Jack if he has anything that he wants to share.
Flashback time, as Dr. Jack arrives in his father’s office as Father Jack puts a report on the table. Dr. Jack doesn’t even want to read it, asking for the Cliff Notes version in so many words. Father Jack explains that the report says that a woman entered the ER with massive internal bleeding, Dr. Jack joined Father Jack, and despite their heroic efforts, the woman succumbed to her injuries. Dr. Jack is not amused by that, saying that his father should not have been in that operating room. Father Dearest wonders if Jack thinks that he’d really walk in there if he couldn’t handle it, and Dr. Jack points out that he’s done it before. Father confirms this because he is capable of making those kinds of decisions–but Dr. Jack wants to know how he can say that after what happened on the operating table. Dr. Jack tells his father that he was impaired, but the father insists that he knows his limits. Dr. Jack refuses to sign the report, but the Father adds that he too is on the hook, since Dr. Jack called his father off and took over the reigns when she died. Accidents happen all the time in surgery, but if Dr. Jack contradicts the report and mentions alcohol, then his father will lose his license immediately. Dr. Jack is aware of this, and seems perfectly fine about it. The father begins to backpedal, saying that he was hard on his son because doing that has made him the most gifted young surgeon in the city. Being a doctor is a career that is all about the greater good, and sacrificing aspects of his relationship with his son was necessary to save thousands of patients because of Dr. Jack’s skills. Father Jack promises that it won’t happen again, after all that he’s given, it’s not just about his career, it’s about his life. He gives the pen to Dr. Jack, and after a moment, Jack signs. His father thanks him for his assistance, and Dr. Jack is…some kind of emotion.
And now, a word from our sponsors…I wonder if they’re going to completely give away the entire plot of the Flight of the Phoenix by the end of tonight. Does ABC think that the only way to keep people watching Lost is to show more and more clips of Flight of the Phoenix, or is the point to show Lost with the clips of Flight of the Phoenix to keep people watching for the clips of Flight of the Phoenix? Anyway, the flashbacks are starting to not quite make a connection again, but we’re only halfway done and I’m sure there’s more to come.
Sayid is resting, and it’s obvious something bad is going to happen as we see someone approach Sayid. It’s the Un-Sawyer, who wakes Sayid up. The Un-Sawyer doesn’t know if people like Sayid understand karma, but Sayid sure got a heavy dose of it from the island. Sayid wants to know what the Un-Sawyer wants, and he explains that Dr. Jack is not trusting of his antibiotics in the hands of Sawyer so he has to go to the cave himself to get his medication. The Un-Sawyer then explains that if he was not…Sawyer…he would’ve beat the hell out of Sayid by now. Sayid invites the Un-Sawyer to take his shot, but know first that Sayid left the island out of shame for his torture of the Un-Sawyer, and he did not intend to come back, but the Un-Sawyer does not have any forgiveness for Sayid. The next question is if Sayid had no intention to return…why did he? Sayid explains that he was taken prisoner by the Frenchwoman. Yes, Un-Sawyer, the one who has been sending out the distress signal for 16 years. Sayid explains the story of the French woman, and how she said that there were others on the island, not part of her science team. Because she killed all of them, you see. The Un-Sawyer wants to know who the others are, but Sayid doesn’t know either because the French woman hasn’t seen them. The Un-Sawyer begins to doubt if they’re there at all, but Sayid says that he might believe her. However, on his way back, Sayid heard something surrounding him in the jungle. The Un-Sawyer wants specifics on this thing surrounding him, and Sayid is fed up, asking if Sawyer has anything to say to him or if he’s just going to continue the 20 questions charade. But all the Un-Sawyer has to say is that the tide is coming up on the beach and that the plane hull is almost in the water…also, the Un-Sawyer has kept Sayid’s signal fire burning. I wonder…will the show end with the entire island being engulfed by the ocean? That’d be pretty messed up.
Hurley and Walt are playing backgammon, and Hurley is getting beaten pretty badly by Walt. Hurley apparently placed 17th in a backgammon tournament once, and that’s a lot better than it sounds, apparently. Walt continues to get lucky with the roll of the dice, as Walt explains that his dad said he was the luckiest person that he ever knew. Not Michael…his other dad, Brian. Do what now? Hurley is rather surprised at this, until Walt grabs the dice again and wins the game. Hurley walks off, explaining that he has a meeting. Walt wants his $20,000, but Hurley says that he’ll get it. Ahahahahahahaha. Silly Walt.
Boone and Locke are still roaming through the jungle, as Boone mentions a lack of signs in the past few minutes. Locke explains that he’s following his gut, which makes Boone feel a whole lot better. John then asks Boone what he does in the real world, as Boone explains that he runs a business…a wedding thing. Boone’s mother was the “Martha Stewart of Matrimony”, and he ran one of the subsidiaries. Boone doesn’t think it matters now who’s running it, but Locke is sure that there are plenty of people who are capable of running it temporarily. Locke then changes the subject, saying that it’s going to rain in one minute…give or take a few seconds. Now, I’d find it weird that Locke is predicting the weather, but I’m more worried about it going to rain, because when rain hits, bad shit goes down. Locke wants Boone to go back to camp, but Boone wants to stick around. However, dangerous terrain is ahead and Boone can make it back before dark if he turns back. Locke admires Boone’s courage, but wants him to turn back. Boone refuses, and Locke finally gives in. And there’s the rain. Hard, hard rain. Locke embraces it with a smile on his face, and Boone asks if they teached Locke how to predict the weather at a box company.
The rain is still falling as Jack and Kate roam through the jungle, and ominous music strikes which means that SOME KIND OF MONSTURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR couldn’t be far behind. Or could it? Anyway, Jack comes upon the “T” and wonders where to go now…as screams echo through the jungle. Ohhhhh no. Another scream, and Dr. Jack is on the run again. Kate asks Dr. Jack where he’s going, and Dr. Jack wonders if Kate didn’t hear her too. Kate obviously didn’t however. Oh boy, Dr. Jack’s losing his mind. Fantastic. Kate struggles to climb up and follow Jack, grunting all the way as Dr. Jack reaches for the top, losing his grip and falling all the way to the bottom…all the way down and looking up to see Ethan. Ethan puts a foot on Dr. Jack’s chest:
“If you do not stop following me, I will kill one of them.”
Ohhhh boy. Ethan asks Dr. Jack if he understands, but Dr. Jack throws Ethan’s leg off him, sending Ethan spinning around as Dr. Jack struggles to his feet. Dr. Jack takes a swing, misses, and Ethan lands three quick punches. Another Doctor Jack Haymaker misses, and Ethan hits another shot, and then knocks Dr. Jack down to the ground. Ethan tells Dr. Jack that there will be no more warnings…and then gives Dr. Jack a nice kick to the face.
And now, a word from our sponsors…yeah, baby, yeah. Ethan’s a badass. The Other Man is going to start kicking some ass. But where was Kate during all of this? Surely she must have heard Ethan or heard the fighting? Maybe not.
We come back to a flashback, as Dr. Jack is referred to by his last name, Shephard. Oh, you know that means everything to the writers. Anyway, Dr. Jack turns to the nurse, Andrea, who greeted him, asking who the man is that his father is talking to. The man is the dead woman’s husband, who’s threatening to sue. Andrea walks off and Dr. Jack looks over at his father comforting the man. They zoom in on the man’s face…why? Is that Ethan? I can’t tell, but I don’t think it is.
Anyway, Kate snaps Dr. Jack back to life, and mentions that he was out for only a few minutes and he slipped. Dr. Jack says that Ethan was there, but Kate thinks that he just banged his head against some rocks. Possibly. Anyway, Kate mentions that the rain has washed away the trail, but Dr. Jack is already running off to find Ethan, not allowing him to do “this”. Not letting him? “Not again.” It must be Ethan who was threatening to sue.
Flashback time, as Father Jack is explaining the procedure that led to the woman’s death. Dr. Jack looks on as his father sits alone, across the table from him. The people that he’s speaking too seem pleased with his description, thanking Christian and apologizing about the formality. One final question, though: Was Father Jack aware of the pregnancy? Dr. Jack seemingly isn’t, but Christian is, explaining that it was very early in the pregnancy, however, and the focus had to be on the mother. Oh my. The meeting seems to be done, but Dr. Jack has to revise his statement. He didn’t come into the operating room until well into the procedure, being warned by one of the nurses that his father was operating under the influence of alcohol. Christian wants his son to stop, but Dr. Jack continues, explaining that by the time he got there his father was incapacitated, clearly, and the artery had been severed, which led to her death. Dr. Jack looks at his father, who is in disbelief, exchanging another stare.
Dr. Jack and Kate climb through the jungle some more…and they come upon Charlie’s hand. With the “E” still remaining on his hand…and the rest of the body hanging from the jungle. NOT CHARLIE! Charlie might be alive, though, and Dr. Jack rushes up to lift Charlie’s body up and relieve the pressure, as he tells Kate to cut him down. Kate climbs, trying to reach the makeshift rope, but she can’t do it. Dr. Jack pulls Charlie over closer, and Kate finally gets to the rope, but there’s a lot of it to cut off, and Dr. Jack tries to keep her moving faster. Finally, the rope is cut and the blindfolded Charlie is released. However, he’s not breathing. Dr. Jack tries to bring him back, and there’s the connection with the flashbacks and now. Much CPR takes place…and Kate can’t bear to watch, turning away and crying as Dr. Jack pounds away at Charlie’s chest. Kate pleads with Jack to stop, taking the place of Christian. Kate tries to comfort Dr. Jack, but he can’t stop trying to bring him back to life…and then Charlie gasps. HOLY SHIT! Dr. Jack tells Charlie to breathe, as Dr. Jack gets a big grin on his face and Charlie is in shock with Kate sobbing and laughing.
And now, a word from our sponsors…awesome, awesome scene, with Dr. Jack returning the favor for Charlie saving him from the cave collapse earlier in the season. They got me. I honestly didn’t think that Charlie would make it. I thought that if they were going to have him come to life, it would’ve been much earlier in the scene. They got me. They got me. Oh, and Ethan’s a dead motherjammer when Dr. Jack gets around to him. Home stretch time…
Dr. Jack, Kate, and Charlie are back at the caves, as the South Search Party arrives back. Walt explains that Charlie is back, but he hasn’t said anything since he’s come back. No sign of Claire, though. As Charlie stares off into the distance, Dr. Jack tries to get Charlie to talk by asking him questions about how he is. He explains that they’re going back out to look for Claire when the sun comes back up, and he’ll need Charlie’s help. Anything that he can remember about where they were going. Charlie didn’t see anything, hear anything. He doesn’t remember anything. He then explains that all they wanted was Claire. Oh dear. So it wasn’t Charlie the psychic was warning about…right? It was Ethan and his group.
Kate’s getting some water and Shannon is worried about Locke and Boone, still out in the jungle. Kate is sure that they simply made camp for the night…or perhaps they ran into SOME KIND OF MONSTURRRRRRRRRRRRR. Kate assures that Boone is safe with Locke.
Over to Boone and Locke, as Boone wonders if they’re lost. Locke doesn’t think so, but Boone doesn’t see how Locke can still be following the trail. Boone suggests that they go back, but Locke wonders if he feels it. Boone certainly doesn’t, and then announces that he’s going to go back. Before he goes, Locke throws the flashlight over to Boone…but Boone bobbles it and drops it on the ground…where it makes a clanking sound. WHAT?!?!?!!? Boone and Locke clear it away, and Locke confirms that it’s steel. Boone wonders if it could be part of the wreckage, and Locke clears off more, finding more and more steel as he pokes his knife around. Boone asks what it is again, and John says that that’s what they’re going to find out…as they start rooting around in the ground to uncover more steel…
END SHOW! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Okay.
What’s the steel thing in the jungle? It’s easy to say that it’s an underground shelter where Ethan might be planning some diabolical scheme or something else similar, but I don’t know. It just seems to easy to go that direction. It’s hard to say what it could be at this point, but I’m sure it’ll be interesting, whatever it turns out to be.
What is Jack trying to keep Ethan from doing…again? Ethan has done something in the past that upset Jack? I don’t quite understand that. Did he mean he wasn’t going to let Ethan beat the crap out of someone again, or was that really Ethan who was threatening to sue Christian? I don’t think the latter is the case, but there’s something about Ethan and Jack that doesn’t seem right.
Should Sawyer’s talk about the hull almost being in the water mean anything? I think it should. Wouldn’t it be weird if the island was slowly becoming engulfed by water, forcing the survivors (and any “other people”) to move closer and closer before it finally engulfs them all? It’d certainly be weird, that’s for sure.
I think there are some other questions for me to ask, but I just can’t think of them at the moment.
